Find all attributes of an dom element and cloning it

find_all_attributes.js

//finding all attributes of an element.
$(this).each(function() {
	$.each(this.attributes, function() {
	    // this.attributes is not a plain object, but an array
	    // of attribute nodes, which contain both the name and value
	    if(this.specified) {
	      console.log(this.name, this.value);
	    }
	});
});


//new element / target element
var textAreaElem = $("<textarea />");

//source element
$("#input").each(function() {
	$.each(this.attributes, function() {
	    // this.attributes is not a plain object, but an array
	    // of attribute nodes, which contain both the name and value
	    if(this.specified) {
	      textAreaElem.attr(this.name, this.value);
	    }
	});
});

$("#input").replaceWith(textAreaElem);